Welcome to the Health Information Exchange Weekly News Round Up from RosettaHealth. Each week, we will provide you with a summary of all the actionable news that hospitals, HIT vendors, ACOs, and population health providers need to be smart and effective when it comes to health information exchange.

How Interoperability, Patient Data Exchange Can Mitigate COVID-19

Effective patient data exchange can help trigger an effective response to COVID-19, according to a manuscript written by medical professionals in the Journal of Informatics in Health and Biomedicine.

Seven HIEs That Launched New Projects to Combat COVID-19

States have been ramping up data sharing efforts to help healthcare providers and public health officials get ahold of the most up-to-date COVID-19 data to treat patients and track the spread of the disease.  Here are seven HIEs that have launched new systems or expanded access since the start of the pandemic.

The Pandemic Has Spawned a New Way To Study Medical Records

The Economist recently published this article about how COVID-19 has changed the way medical records are being used and studied -- preserving confidentiality while also liberating useful information. 

How COVID-19 Triggered a Remote, Virtual EHR Implementation

The COVID-19 travel ban has created the opportunity for virtual EHR implementations for hospitals like Macon Community Hospital (MCH).

3 Ways Providers Use EHRs to Treat COVID-19 Patients

The EHR telehealth boom due to COVID-19 has been a gamechanger for clinicians and patients alike, according to this recent EHR intelligence article.

Colorado Providers Now Have Access to Medical Images Via Health Information Exchange

CORHIO announced that it has partnered with Health Images to facilitate the exchange of medical images between healthcare providers, regardless of health system or electronic health record system.

Sharing SDOH Data for Improved Population Health Management

The Indiana Network for Population Health will facilitate the secure exchange of social determinants of health data to boost population health management. 

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